For the last few weeks we’ve all been subjected to reruns of every scary movie ever made: zombies, vampires, guys in hockey masks, spooks with really long fingernails. Monsters in all shapes and forms are the flavor of the month of October.

It’s hardly surprising that, as usual, popular culture has gotten the point of “All Hallows Eve” all wrong and totally forgets that the ultimate point is to celebrate “All Saints Day.” The monsters get center stage and adulation. The saints are left to clean up the popcorn and sticky soda on the theater floor.

But the Church has gotten this All Hallows/All Saints holiday all wrong too. We’ve been convinced that “monsters” are easily identifiable. We think “monsters” are weird, warped, obviously wicked, bent on murder, mayhem and mischief. Alas, outsid…